File photo of trucks around Coutts on Saturday, January 20 2022. (Photo supplied by Jake Zacharias)

By Canadian Press

Coutts border crossing protest continues

Feb 4, 2022 | 3:58 PM

A checkpoint blockade on a highway leading to the busiest border crossing in Alberta appears to be growing.

Protesters have cleared one lane in each direction to allow cross-border traffic to get through but about 80 rigs remain along the highway in Coutts in the protest against COVID-19 restrictions.

They have been joined by dozens of trucks, farm equipment and S-U-V’s sporting Canadian flags.

Coutts Mayor Jim Willett has met with some of the protesters and says they’re not as bad as some people have said.

But he says they’re taking away the freedom of people in the community and costing the economy millions of dollars.

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